Emperor Taizu (960-976 CE), formerly known as Zhao Kuangyin, was the founder of the Song (aka Sung) dynasty which ruled China from 960 to 1279 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song/ #History #ChineseEmperor #EmperorTaizuofSong #Khitan

The Khitan people formed the Liao dynasty and ruled parts of Mongolia, Manchuria, and northern China from 907 to 1125 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Khitan/ #History #EmperorTaizuofSong #JurchenJinDynasty #Khitan

Emperor Taizu (960-976 CE), formerly known as Zhao Kuangyin, was the founder of the Song (aka Sung) dynasty which ruled China from 960 to 1279 CE. Taizu settled for a territorially smaller but more unified and prosperous China than was seen in previous dynasties, and he made particular efforts to curb the powers of the military and bolster those of the scholar-officials within the state bureauc...https://www.worldhistory.org/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song/ #ChineseEmperor #EmperorTaizuofSong #Khitan #History